Chapter 150

“Don’t give me that bullshit story about wanting to be here for Abby. You don’t give a goddamned fuck about that precious little girl, so, for once in your fucking life, tell me the truth.” His jaw hurt from the way he clenched it and his knuckles were white from the tightness of his fist. The woman sitting across from him had screwed with his life once and he’d be damned if he’d let her do it again. “I was wrong, okay?” she said with a petulant sigh. “I was wrong to walk out, I was wrong to sleep with Adam—” “Well that’s a fucking long time coming, but it’s too little, too late.” “Listen, Barry,” she said, her eyes going glassy and damp. “The last five years—” she sniffled, “they’ve been really hard.” Barry scoffed. “The grass wasn’t greener, huh?” He shook his head and looked away from her. “No,” she breathed, her voice cracking, “Adam was—” she cleared her throat. “He wasn’t the man I thought he was.” “And what the hell does that mean?” “He—” a lone tear overflowed from her eye and